Marvel Cinematic Universe: Ranking All The Endings From Worst To Best
10. Thor
The final section of the original Thor is probably one of the quietest third acts on this list, mostly because the films scale is significantly smaller than what has come since. After Thor and The Warriors Three take care of the Destroyer robot, Earth is in absolutely no danger whatsoever, with the films attention returning to Asgard and Lokis plans there instead. Its actually quite refreshing looking back on it, with Director Ken Branagh and his team showing us consequences for the MCU beyond our world. The physical battle between Loki and Thor is of course hideously mismatched (in fact these are two characters who are for more entertaining when talking rather than fighting), but the complexities of Lokis plan, double crossing the Frost Giants to gain his fathers approval, is a neatly Shakespearian twist that Branagh can really get behind to wring the bristling emotions from his actors. Theres been a lot said about the MCUs trend toward wearyingly epic final battles but Thor proved that the stakes can be high without the need to level a huge expanse of civilian-occupied space. Unfortunately any shock at Lokis choice to fall into the abyss thats opened due to the Bifrösts destruction is immediately negated by a post-credits sting which sees him influencing events on Earth, leaving Thor actually feeling more like an extended character introduction ahead of The Avengers than anything more purposeful.
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